There were at least a hundred guests in the banquet hall.
Everyone stared intently at Li Jingchen and Song Nuan, looking on with anticipation for a good show.
According to the procedure, the bride and groom should now exchange rings.
But with Li Jingchen's interruption, the process was thrown into chaos. Zhong Qingya, dressed in a cumbersome and heavy wedding gown, could only stand there and watch helplessly as Li Jingchen walked towards Song Nuan.
She clenched her back teeth.
"Jing Chen, our wedding isn't over yet."
Although she was speaking to Li Jingchen, her eyes were fixed on Song Nuan, her gaze carrying a hidden meaning.
Song Nuan really wanted to pretend she couldn't see it.
But that won't work.
Remembering the email she received last night, she took Ouyang Zhoujing's hand and held it tightly. The action was deliberate, and Li Jingchen couldn't ignore it.
“Song Nuan,” Li Jingchen’s eyes were terrifyingly dark, “I’m giving you one last chance.”
Lin Xuan appeared out of nowhere.
Pushing a clothes rack, she entered in full view of everyone. Hanging on the rack was none other than a snow-white, elaborately made wedding dress, breathtakingly beautiful.
An uproar erupted below.
Even Zhong Qingya, who had seen many fine things, couldn't contain the shock and delight in her eyes.
Ouyang Zhoujing frowned. "Ah Jing, what are you trying to do?"
Li Jingchen ignored him and said to Song Nuan, "This is the wedding dress I prepared for you three years ago. Song Nuan, you have to make a choice today."
He held out his hand, "If you want, today is our wedding day."
The last sentence was spoken in a very low voice.
It was so low that only the three of them could hear it clearly.
His eyes, as he looked at Song Nuan, held not only love but also an overwhelming sense of oppression that made her feel suffocated.
Although the oppressive feeling did not come from him.
But the more he made a big fuss, the more Zhong Qingya hated him, which would then affect Fang Yu and Xu Yiran.
Thinking of this, Song Nuan suddenly calmed down.
She glanced at Ouyang Zhoujing, then at Li Jingchen, pondered for a few seconds with a blank expression, then pulled Ouyang Zhoujing to the stage and took the microphone from him.
"President Li really loves to joke." Song Nuan smiled first, then said, "Since everyone is here, Zhou Jing and I have something we want to announce."
She nudged Ouyang Zhoujing with her elbow.
The man understood, but didn't respond accordingly. He smiled faintly and said, "Ah Jing, that's thoughtful of you, but I've also prepared a warm wedding dress for Nuannuan, this one..."
After a few seconds of pause, Ouyang Zhoujing suggested, "Let's put it in the wedding dress shop as a collectible."
Song Nuan was a little annoyed. She wanted him to announce the wedding news, so why was he bringing up the wedding dress?
"So she really is Ouyang Zhoujing's girlfriend."
"They've already prepared the wedding dress, and they must be at the stage of discussing marriage, but I haven't heard any news about it. It's supposed to be the heir's wedding, yet the Ouyang family is being far too low-key."
Song Nuan had only agreed to marry Ouyang Zhoujing less than a week ago.
Although Ouyang Zhoujing intended to release the news, Ouyang Ren kept sending people to suppress it, and even Li Jingchen interfered, resulting in very few people knowing about the two of them.
The banquet hall doors suddenly opened.
Li Guanyu walked in calmly, a smile playing on his lips. "Are you all mistaken? This is my son's wedding. Why are you all so concerned about other people's affairs?"
After he said that, everyone realized what he meant and offered their congratulations.
Li Jingchen looked coldly at Lin Xuan.
Helpless, Lin Xuan mouthed, "I've already sent people to stop Mr. Li."
Li Jingchen never wanted to get married from the beginning.
He waited for Song Nuan to turn around.
But she didn't. Her heart was as cold and hard as stone. She held hands with another man in front of him and even wanted to announce her wedding with Ouyang Zhoujing.
Li Jingchen gave a self-deprecating laugh.
Li Guanyu calmly observed the group.
Having already heard about the love and hate between the group, it wasn't difficult to deduce the whole story from their expressions. Li Guanyu smiled and walked up to Ouyang Zhoujing.
"Zhou Jing, I'm so sorry that my uncle is late and I need you to help me out."
Ouyang Zhoujing slightly furrowed his brows.
Li Guanyu said to himself, "Jing Chen, now that I'm here, let's continue the wedding. After the toasts, let the guests have something to eat; everyone's hungry."
Li Jingchen remained silent, only looking at Song Nuan.
Zhong Qingya's voice rang out from afar, gentle yet coquettish, "Honey, Dad's right, hurry up!"
Song Nuan's face was extremely pale.
She turned to leave.
How could Zhong Qingya let her go so easily?
Not only did Song Nuan fail to do what she asked, she also almost ruined her wedding. Want to leave? Not so easy!
"Miss Song, won't you stay and have something to eat?"
Zhong Qingya called out to the audience with a smile, "I specially prepared a gift for you, but you haven't taken it yet. Why are you leaving in such a hurry? Don't you like it?"
As she spoke, she became aggrieved.
It was as if Song Nuan was bullying her.
Song Nuanqi laughed, but the occasion was special, and since Zhong Qingya was acting recklessly, she couldn't just follow suit.
"Let's wait until the wedding banquet is over before we leave," Ouyang Zhoujing advised.
What can she do?
Helpless, Song Nuan could only stiffly sit back in her original seat. After what had just happened, everyone looked at her with a more intriguing gaze.
Song Nuan buried her head in her food.
Ouyang Zhoujing knew she was unhappy.
He looked up at the people on the stage, and coincidentally, Li Jingchen was also looking at him.
Or rather, Li Jingchen was actually looking at Song Nuan beyond him.
Ouyang Zhoujing simply smiled faintly, remained calm, picked up his chopsticks, took a piece of meat, and affectionately fed it to Song Nuan's lips.
"hiss--"
Zhong Qingya gasped sharply.
She glared at Li Jingchen, her voice low and menacing, "Are you crazy? I only said a couple of things to Song Nuan, and you're going to strangle me?"
Li Jingchen lowered his eyes.
Only then did I realize that I was gripping her wrist and had already left a red mark.
He didn't loosen his grip; instead, he tightened his hold, coldly eyeing her with an icy gaze. "Satisfied?"
Zhong Qingya smiled provocatively, "You personally agreed to the wedding. If you don't have the ability to go against the Zhong family, then just admit defeat and stop trying to blame your incompetence on me!"
Say it again.
Li Jingchen gritted his teeth, wishing he could break her hand.
Zhong Qingya was in so much pain that her back was sweating, but she still forced a smile, though the smile looked somewhat frightening. "I dare say a hundred times that if you can't marry the woman you love, it's because you're incompetent."
"..."
Li Jingchen forcefully shook off her hand.
Clang—
The ring she had just put on slipped smoothly off her hand, fell to the ground, rolled several times, and disappeared somewhere unknown.
Fortunately, no one noticed.
Hearing the noise, the host turned around and asked Zhong Qingya, "What's wrong?"
"It's nothing," Zhong Qingya said gracefully.
The ring was bought on short notice and wasn't her size. Zhong Qingya knew that Li Jingchen was doing it on purpose, trying to make things difficult for her.
Oh.
It's just a ring.
Do you really think that Zhong Qingya is someone who is so easily swayed by setbacks?
With a forced smile, Zhong Qingya acted as if nothing had happened, turned around and went back to the dressing room to change into her toasting dress.
The real show is about to begin.
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